The Sun. — London, England, 1818-11-03 00:00:00

Sin' fk t° 11" I V ° OP cl'" Ild l ills ° 0 0 dreadful event which put a per i o d to his life. Onwever we " might differ in politics with the °llllnat eGentleman, i t was i mposs ibl e f or us no t to r espect hi s v i rtues, ittli tt i re histo reve re hi s a biliti e s, a nd to attainments. Nature rarely produces such tl man ' who,indeed, might be considered as an or (lament to Society. He possessed faculties of FI " t rlligh order, and be had cultivated them with • degree of diligence which does not often ac tot/many extraordinary powers. As an Advocat e " W as eloquent, active, ze a l ous " an d indefati 44h,te• As a L awyer, b y all accounts, his know h'ir Was extensive 'and profound. As a Poli !e;i4"' t hough his o pi n i ons an d o bj ects were — " Ie lY different from our own, his situation in life, and high professional reputation, preclude the idea t alst he would be influenced by the pitiful feelings *vanity, or any sordid views of vulgar ambition. If be was induced to join a PARTY, though it ' b ight be regretted that such a man should have 'tered hit() such connexions, yet there was reason t ° believe that his habits, principles, and , inde litudent situation, might have enabled him to re 11"inthe excesses of that PARTY, and by his exam l't* 41 have kept it within the boundaries of puhlic Z iti t• Such an opponent, no Government could y e reason to fear, while acting for the interest Isur! h, °f lour of the Country, as cand our en , ti e d nerl views mi g h' b e expected to direct his hhlic conduct. With respect to the desperate u t : I I w hich hit t friends an d S oc i ety h ave been tle tte'veil of 30 valuable a character, it must not 11 4 ;"'ideted as the act of Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, o r (If r nse redu ce d b y s i c k ness, and deprived r"c'on by the lo s s o f an am i a bl e and 461:ti"iiate w i fe, the object of his most ne t 4"4Chitient. As surely a better motive than i litt s ity. and rather a natural_ and laudabl t must he s u p posed to influence our Re a de rs ants country, on this lamentable occasion,. e e extracted from all the Morning Papers le 8 " bSta b it nce of the several accounts which they v e . a; givea of the melancholy and deplorable ••• rt tit COURT op CHANCERY, LINCOLN'S INN HALL. 111 m orning the Loan CHANcet...ton took his IC ) I" few minutes after ten o'clock. The I. All t was crowded to excess, but not a single b „ 41 or Solicitor was present, from motives of •• 1. - 1 1 :" for the memory of Sir SAutiaL * Ai , • 444 CitmccetLoß left the Court after sit -4,4‘11,0 tntittite. Th e venera b le Lord was e vt- Lte ' 1 44 Affe cte d , t h e tears rolling dawn his Wre n cl oke4i to th e p l ace w h ere he had so 2 eard Ilia) with admiration.. The melan. eve nt Bi ej" struck every p e rs on p resent w i th mil,, 44(1 Wag regarded by all as an irreparable 44 . 441 Y r ite I r zck-t3BANost.Lon also did not o ph 11 4ee° u'it. of t h e same d ep l ora b le catat. et m ail" f re ttlfi l, coo ° 3.101°. toe 0 IV 1° FOR TRES UN. • , kit . t, SOUTH AMERICA. Alsnt (-1e0:117nn--The Undersigned, Deputy from) L: 4l (4 - ,,,, 41 - ' s "Tigress of the Federate Provinces of .Pres e , ~'3 , ( n i in South America, has the honour " ands"" emnpliments to the EDlTOlt.of THE VsBn )t ti,`legs. he will have the • goodness to AC tileet,hl ',.llllblie, through the medium of his IT tT! e raper, with the following particulars .---- iht ~ 14 11 1 1, d "i" 1 wit iistauding the Spanish army, com itt44' F6 I Ge ne.ial MoRILLo, took possession of i i i of n ) the e*pit a l o f New Granada, in 1816, itt 'clop t .„ " i 'rlY the whole of the territory of this 2}e o,""t Federate Republic, yet a consider tvete „''')Nirtion of the Patriots, among vil")m i " I ' l llY tu ti i.ie,t !tubers ot thee , “ablislied GovernTnent, to v i iit . 1 er in the plains of Casanare, arid in the tlki'ty hav e " ('''-rtirqa, Socorro, and Pamplona,where etwerkiever since existed as an sgcregate Inde- •(:)etl.,vt, °verntnent, arid have successfully op 'aver r Y effort of the Spaniards 1 4 3e th , to dislodge or „, l 'alii , ( In. it is also most certain that they . 0 do t i 1 14 oi long have been confined to the mere ati t ,, "n over the 1 ~b ut for the ts ' w ant r a.to.e p r ovinces ,, 1 1 4 )% v 1 .oii noisliets and ammunition for theta r, tt tar o 1) )• ' t itt Pr kv ,, - h as positively been-the orily -cause , t.zit their expelling the Spaniards 'front , I., ,l "•sur eq ' "'ft the rest of the Provinces. n't lit , 'et, the 'Undersigned is authorised, in full lai, "I hi s no , it_ ev,,,,, , ,- sers, to raise loans, and to enter bk v h et ? sPectes of contract in the name and in .i to out' of , , th, t Of iv the Federate Independent Govern ., 'lll s,. "I' Granada, and he declares that Ge * • ,ir r, A 1141 ECok M.GRF,GoRt who for a long - .ft ~(‘ COW, 41 , 1 ).Ic, of N ew in Chi. f the lndepentlifir th_'t tri„,....,\lew Gramida, is actually at the pre se,." It employ, il in the saute capacity, in . . i ce 0 , ~ . • 1 b d. _ ' 'tits Itidependrnt Republic. ve Ge honour to be, Sir. tolitlo Your obedient humble Servant, 0 .2 a x• a venthe r , 181 g : JOSE MARIA DEL REAL . • It • IL, l lSt a , e iri, ) lll tli kiici ! ,in a Morning Paper, that as soon as R'et‘o, 4 ,'"iy fate of Sir SAMUEL RUMILLY was ti' 14 ' • " is Patch . 10, 1 t to v i iiii was sent to Sir MURRAY MAX -4.ti11-,. fu r 1 1 , g h41:1 to announce hiniselt a Can- L,, It to ii,'. etininster. W e give no credit to a i ti I.lnrious to the 441,1 b ti feelings of humanity. k)t Y c • Ri caitv , h . 0 5 ,,,,,, , E AND SIR J. EGERTON.--We 1 4 ti litt, l 4", ' f oto a Coontly Journal an account 4141,j_ rAlo:.in these Gentkinen. A paragraph I c 10 b e t a 2 4 I.'alters this day states the circum- Wanton fabrication. POETRY. VERSES on desiring- to plat, at CRICKET at WESTMINSTER SCHOOL*.--.Writept in 1760. How easy each art and each science was gain'd In elegant Athens, where native they reigned. If in one simple language familiar addrest, All the veil was retnov'd, and their charms stood contest; Nor could Students at Rome much repine at their fate, Nor long, very long, for admission need wait ; Whilst from Greece their interpreters stood at the gate. But we modern Lads of the Town and the College Are led thro' long lab'rintlis of words into knowledge : Ah ! little they knew how dt•ad letters would work us, But hied them from school to their games and their Circus. MI active their sports to theirstudies they joked. And strengthen'd at once both their body and wind. By permission this day, tho' of study not sick yet, to exert all our rigour at Cricket ; Like the '4tudents 'of old, our young sinews to try, And our fellows to friendly contention defy. With enuttous hearts we'll like Britons delight In dissention awhile, then like Britons unite. S. • A holiday for CateNET was only to he obtained at West minster School by a copy of Verses, and these lines were at. tended with success. THE THEATRES. DIWNY-LANE.—A very melancholy circum• stance occurred at this Theatre last night, when the Tragedy of Richard the Third was near. its coorlosion. A Person in the Pit, who had been attervive to the progress of the performance, but who had discovered no previous symptoms of agitation, sudd , nly dropped from his seat and expired in a few moments. His appearance was respectable. Hi• br‘rly was conveyed to the Crown and Cushion pohlic route, near the Theatre, and the Coroner's Inquest will sit upon it this day. On examining his pockets, it appeared that they contained papers of valoe, with cards of address, stating the name of C. M'CARTRY, Bull Inn, Bishopsgate.street. COYFNT-GARDEN.—The Point of Honour, an affecting Tri'gedy, adapted to the English stage- by M r . C. KENtat, E , %tit.; dl a!temied last night at this Thedtre. Mr C. KaMBLE Was cliffii ientl rt covered to perorm the lout of Durinrel. and perfcarnet! it well. Miss O'..NBILL pok%rriully im preheed the audience in the part of Bertha. An apology was mince, for Mts FAUCIT, %Vb.,' was to pet form the part Of Mrs. Ilielfort, which was read by Miss LOGAN. MONUMENT OF BURNS. As this suhjort is interesting to the national pride of lite country uhich prfsdoced so extraor dinary a genii! , as the Ayrshire Ploi.gh Bov. and as the SUN OFFICE was, by , public advertise mem, announced as , ue cif rht places appointed to re 'ceive sithicriptonis for the Monument intended to he placed over hi, remains at Dninfries, %ye deemed it necessary, I-1 our ‘‘srit vindication, to insert the letters u hick hint been sent to its, in order to state that the Proprietor of this Paper hild not the least concern in the undert,king, and that the Chief Clerk and Publisher bad not teceived Any subscriptions. We re.crived yesterday the follaw. ing Letter from the SPCRETARY to the proposed , measure, and naving justified ourselves, we shall decline all farther ,communications nn the occa sion,,till we hear the result of the Meeting of the Stewards, who stilt doubless feel themselves hound to report proceedings to the Subacribers in gene ral,and the public at large, as we understand that . the matter has been the subject, of much conver• sation in this country and in Scotland : Old BromiitOn. Nov. 2, 1818. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. request you will do me the favour to inform some of your Correspondents, apparently interested in that matter, that I have enlivened a Meeting, for an early day, of my Co. Stewards in the occasion of the Butots* Dinner and Subscrip tion. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your must obedient Servant, w..IERDAN. EXTRAORDINARY CALCULA TION. A QUESTION proposed by Mr. STRANTON, School-master of Ripley, and answered be the caleniating Youth, . GEORGE. BIDDER, in 32 Minutes. I7h Oober, 0 1818 A and B made th e f o ll ow i ng he r ct lot a Thusand Guineas, to be decided on Ripley Common in Whitson week, viz.: The proposer has 10 choice Cricketers in full exercise, who on this . occasion 'ere to be distingnished'hy the 10 first letters in the alphabet ; 'hese are to - run, gither up, and carry singly One Thousand Eggs !! kid in a right line, just two yards asunder, potting them geltiy into a Basket, placed a When) behind the first they are to work one at . a time i n th e: following order A is to fetch up the.first ten eggs, B the second ten, C the third ten, and so forward 'to K, whose turn it will be to fetch 'op the hundredth egg ; after which A sets out again tor the next ten, B the second, .0 the third t e n, . an d t h e others al-, teinately,tin K shall have catried up the thou santh egg, at one hundred eggs per man. The :men are to have 3001 . for .divje three day s (if t h ey accomplish it), an d the money to be di.stributed in proportion to ibe distance of ground each man shall have g oiie over. I require of yott to, answer7me, First, How many miles each man shall have gone Over ? What proportion of the 3001. will come to his share ?`Thirdly, Whether, it men had been posted at pruner distances, they had not better have ion from Lonoun to,York twice and back in the time, taking 'the distance at 180 miles ?, Share. Fractions. Yards. Miles, Furl. Yds. A 427 6Oi 509. 4.182,100_103_ 40 B 27 18 14.... 186,200.... 105.-6 80 C 2B 10 04....439. 190,200. „. 1) 29 2 0 664.... 1 9 4 ,e00....110....2.... 160 E 29 14 0 198,200.-112 .... 4.... 200 F 3O 5 114.. .. 713 .... 202 , 20 0.-114.. 0 .7.... go G 3O 17 114.... 137 .... 206,200. _ll7_ . 60 H 3l 9 1 1 4....5 6 2—.210,200. ... 119 3 100 I K 32 13 11 4.... 4 11....218,206.... 123.. 7.-180 300 0 0 1137 Some of the Charters of the Borough of Peters field, and other antient records relating to it, have been recently discovered ; they possess much in. terest, and shew the antiquity and importance 01 the Place and Borough. By one of these Charters privileges similar to those enjoyed by the Citizens of Winchester were, with a Guild, &c. granted In the Burgesses of Perersfield in A. D. I 190. The i'ow.► appears to have been of considerable note in the time.of DEATH OF SIR SAMUET. ROMILLY. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. • (From The Morning I,,irOnirle.) The melancholy event whichove. have this day to announce, will till every par•t,of the kingdom► with mourning --and not only of the kingdom, but every part of the enlighteoeil world, where a just reverence for the cause of civil , and religious li berty rendered its most distinguished Advocate dear to the hearts of the lib, ral_and humane. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, distracted Cry the death of his most amiable and beloved wife, has Hsunk under the severe visitation of 'Providence, An Inquest will be held by the Coroner this day, and . therefore out Readers will I►4ve the afflicting rit••• Oculars of the event in to-morrow's Paper. We have already stared that Lady Hominy died at the house of Mr. Nash,. in the Isle of Wight, after al, illness of near a twelvemonth, during which there were intervals of convalescence. Sir Samuel had sitlfered the most heart-rending agitation for some weeks, during. which be was without the refreshment of ()moral sleep, when all the delusive hopes he 'had entertained of her recovery were withdrawn, by the visible approaches of the fatal moment. The agony of his, sufferings occa slotted the most alarming apprehensions to Iris friends ; and his nephew, Dr. Roger, the Rev. Mr. Dumont, and Mrs. Nash, as well as his own family, attended him with the most anxious soli citude. 'fire event was not communicated to him till Friday morning, and it was thought proper to remove hilt, from the scene the same day. He was Irrought to London by easy journies, where he arrived on Saturday. His fever was most excru ciating—btu he manifested the most exemplary fortitude to conquer the despair tvl►ich assailed him. '' My head," he exclaimed, ". is a furnace —I feel the violence of my disease—l may sink tinder itirly excellent nephew is exhausted— pray call to his aid Dr. Mercet."—Both Dr. Marcet and Dr. Bahingtou did attend hint, anti in the course of Sunday snd of Sunday night, a fa vourable perspiration gave the physicians hopes that his fever would abate. But, alas ! in a pa roxysm he desired his amiable daughter, who had been left in the room with him, to call Dr. Roget, and on her departure, it appears that he suddenly quitted his bed, and its the delirium of his grief put an end to his existence. In one minute Dr. Roget entered, and touird him weltering in his blood. He was in his sixtieth year. He has left six sons and one daughter to lament his loss—but who shall repair it to afflicted. humanity I [The Herald.] Yesterday afternoon, a dreadful report was cir colated of the premature death of this respected 'person. In the evening, we had the pain to learn that it was entirely trite. On Saturday, when Sir Samuel received intelligence of the death of Lady KomiHy, his :fiction proditcPd a nervous fever. He did not leave his bed -roost on Sunday. Yes terday morning, ‘ a brain fever was apprehended, and a physician was sent tor, who prescribed a cooling medicine. Alas ! before this could be brought, the patient became delirious, and de stroyed hithselt with a razor.—The sad event be came generally known yesterday evening, or we should not thus fully meitliors it. We need not add, that sorrow was as generally telt. [British Press.) With feelings of the deepest sorrow we perform the melancholy, task of announcing the death of Sir Samuel Rom'lly. The uncertainty of huroan life has been the endless theme of the good and wise, who would teach mankind to walk in the paths of humility ; but what lesson did the mo ralist ever offer of such effect to cheek the way ►warduess of vanity as the humiliating spectacle of a great mind alienatrd by the shock of domestic calamity ? It would be but an affectation of deli cacy to think of concealing the sad reality that .Sir Samuel Ronrilly terminated his own existence ; and from the uniform tenor of his blameless life —from the deep impression he ever evinced of the great moral truths that assure us of a future exist ence, we cannot choose but infer from this his last Net, that reasnu had ceased to exercise her empire. Not more th n two. clays have passed since we were called upon to announce the decease of his Lady, to whom Sir Samuel had been tenderly at tached. Ever since that event, a.settled melan chillg seemed to brood over his tnin.i ; his feel ings, too nicely sensitive, shrank at the touch of nsisfortune ; and his friends, apprehensive of the worst consequences, fondly hoped that by remov ing hini frost► the immediate scene of his suffer ings, and restoring I►im to his wonted habits of business, his mind would resume its tone, and dwell. wit l► less painful intensity upon the sense of his calamity. He arrived from the Isle of Wight at.his house in Russell-square on Sunday night or MOnday morning ; but his house was desolate ; the vacuity that to his eyes must have reigueti there, was not Calculated to dissipate the gloomy ideas he for some days had cherished, and , some time between 'three and four o'clock yesterday, he closed a long anti honourable career of public and private . virtues. He has left, we believe, eight children. [Morning Post.] It is with profound affliction we have to an nounce the dreadful death of Sir Samuel Romilly. The feelings of his friends for the last three days were strongly affected by the death of Lady Ro milly (which our Readers know took place on Friday last in the Isle of Wight) ; for those who were acquainted with that truly good and amiable woman, and knew how entirely the happiness of her family, but above all of her husband, was centered in her, were apprehensive that the blow was too severe, and that be could never entirely recover from it. But its awls)) effects no one could anticipate. On Sunday Sir Samuel returned to his house in Russell-square, in a most deplorable state of melancholy. Yesterday afternoon part of his family went out in th e cart i age ; %%ien avail ing himself of - their absence, he took the horrid resolution of putting an end to his existence. It seems that he proceeded to !he attic story shortly atter the carriage drove off, and seizing cut his throat n shortly after the early fr ont ear to ea r. The dread ful disco very took place very a razor, commission of the d ee d, an d m edical assistance ► was immediately called in, but to no effect. He expired itt a few minutes. The circninstancee which led to this awful catastrophe are so aff,ct ing, and command our sympathy so strongly, that all abhorrence of the mannet or his deatis is al most lost in cOmmiseration. To those who calmly consider the melancholy subject, the won der will he that a man Of so strong a mind should gave been so overborne by the passion of grief, as to outrage at once both re )son and-religion. It is a sad instance of the infirmity of our nature.---. The preacher and the moralist may draw lessons from it, and teach us the duty and the benefits of submitting our most violent passions to the pre cepts of Reason and Religion —of bowing with submissive fortitude to the inflictions of Him who chastens those whom he loves. By this deeply hmetred event a vacancy takes place of course in the Representation of tVestruinster ; but the writ for the election of a new Member cannot be is sued till after the meeting of l'at hauteur. Sir Sa muel, we believe, was in the 64 , 1 i year of his age. He has left eight children to deplore itis loss. We understand he tran3ac;ed some business with his brother about three o'clock, and about four the rash but deeply lamented act was committed. [New Times.] It is with great pain that we have to announce the death of that distinguished Ornament of the English Bar, Sir Samuel Romilly, under citcum. stances which must add poignancy to the regrets oi all his friends. The loss of a beloved wife plunged him, it is understood, pro , a paroxysm of grief, against which nature coild not hear op ; and befell a vi c ti m to th e acuteness of his sensi. bility. The rumour of his sudden dissolution having yesterday evening spread rapidly-. through Westminster, we saw numerous groups of the in• habitants, who so lately 1)4(1-given him their suf frages as a it presentative, assembling in the neighbourhood of i,is tesidence In Russell-square, to inquire anxiously abuts. his fate: - Of Cow se it was riot easy to ascertain the melancholy pat-time firs ; hut every thing that transpired served only to augment their distress. The sad and unexpect. ed event was the more awful, compared with those high attainments which Sir Samuel-possess. ed, and with the recent gratification which tie had received in his election for the City of Westmin. ster. 41 What shadows we are !" says the great Burke : _" and what shadows do we pursue !" Who, that saw Sir Samuel Romilly, so lively, at the .head of a gay and splendid procession, at. tended by his friends, and cheered by the popu. lace, could have anticipated that in a few short weeks the bitterest anguish should sink him to the grave ? Of his professional talents, of hi. do. quence, and legal kno‘Oedge i; would be. vain for us to speak. They are known to all ranks of the community ; but they now can only serve to ling. meat our regret, and to render the unhappy fate of their possessor more painfully striking. [The Times.) It appears that Sir Samuel had been for nearly a fortnight before his wife's death in a sate of great mental , offering and anx:ety, sleeping little, if at all, which had affected his bodily health so much, that List week a Gentleman connocred Leith the family wrote to a friend, expressing grew ap. prehension; of his recovery..-He returned-to town on Sunday; the body of his wife is oh the • road,, and the whole 'of Sunday and yesterday he had been in a state of anguish which approached to frenzy-. Towards af•ernoon the dreadful act wag perpetrated. No particulars have transpired ; but every one agrees in opinion, that the anxiety and (after Lady rtimilly's death) the increased illness had totally disordt red his reason. SHIP NEWS. I DrAL, Nov. 2.—Arrived and ailed for the River, the Ma• tilda, Hamilton, from Bengal and Malta. PoRTSMOt Nov. 2.—A rrired his Majesty's ship Childers, from Barbadoes.—Went out of harbour his Majesty's ship Bann, and brought up at Spithead.—Passed by the Scar thing- well, Chapman, from Genoa for London ; also the America,/ vessel, Maria Tufton, Kinnai'd, from Virginia. On 20th nit in lat. 47. 20. N. long. 2g. W. fell in with the wreck of the schooner Naucy, of Berwick, from Newcastle for Newfound. land, last from Strornness, and took the master and crew from her, who are now on board the Maria Tufton. NORTH SHIELDS, NOV. al. —The Union, -......, that was stranded on the rocks under Tynemonth Castle, has been sold for the benefit of the Underwriters, and since got off anti brought into this harbour to be repaired. (C,stoms List To-morrow.) NEW STREET ACT. GUILDHALL, wEsTmiNsTER, Nor. 9. ARGYLE ROOMS. Yesterday the claims of Mr. Slade, proprietor of the Argyle Rooms, irpon the Commissioners of the New Street, were brought before a Jury at the Guildhall, Westminster. The Deputy 4dilitf presided. Serjeant Best, Serjeant Copley, and Mr. Chitty, were retained on the pact of the plaintiff; the Attorney-General, Mr. Gurney, and Mr. Shepherd, by the Commissionem for his clientSetje a mpeitioi ant c ß o EsTst l a sa ted t i be case, and cla med amounting to near 30 0001. First, seventeen years' purchase, at a ' rent of 1,1501. a year, making 19.5501. ; se condly, three years' clear profit, at 2,5001. a year, amounting to 7,5001. To this was to be added 2,200/. for losses by sale and removal of property, together with *Aker smaller items. Several wllriesses were examined, who 'gave dif ferent estimates of the valise of the property. At length, after Mr. Serjeant BEAT had spoken in reply, and the DFPUTY BAILIFF summed up the evidence, the Jury retired for nearly an hour, and brought in a verdict for the claimant 22,7501. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, CLERKENWELL. This morning, on Mr. CONS? taking hi; seat In this Court, Michael Burke and John 111 1 Keen were placed at the bar, charged with a brutal assault on William Allen. The charge was made out lit witnesses, and the prosecutor produced the certi. ficate of the Surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hos pital, and the Jury found the prisoner Burke Guilty.—Tlire, months' impr'oument in Newgate. Atter several other trhis had taken place, not however of any public interest, and the list having been gone through, the Learned CHAIRMAN con gratulated the Jury on the termination of the Sessions, and said their further servicei could be dispensed :r1 ,were disct‘ - rg. ed by proclamation, and others against whom no prosecutors appeared ; and after hearing some trifling appeals, in the cases of vagrants, these Sessions were adjourned.